New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-31
DAMAGE BY LIGHTNING IN NEw-JERsE,

SEVERAL HOUSES STRUCK on FRIDAY EIoHT-iN-
CIpENTs or THE oRM.
During the thunder storm on Friday night the
house OF Charles Is. Tbnstsn. president OF the Jersey
Civ and Bergen Railroad Company, was struck by
lightning The house is at Sip and Rutherford ayes.
me lightning struck one OF tho hcav, stone capped
cEin news mud n shower OF stone and bricks Tell upon
the porch demolishing part OF II and causing other
damage to the building. he burglar alarm 10 the
bouse was act ringing all The lights were put out and
. ybt In the street Lamp in front OF the house
ting uished. mrs fhurston wns stunned Tor o mo-
m-nt and greatly frightened but she soon recovered
People living Ia the immediate neighoorhood iei TUG
shock and we're grea lily alarmed.
Henry stepps, n weil-known resident OF LAFAYETTE.
reports that wolfe be passing the intersection oil
sple and HALLIDAY sts. on hrs way home. Le saw
&c nat seemed 10 him To be bail OF ire descend upon
the root OF II house and scatter into fragments. MI
stenens says he seemed to lose his breath anu was
afraid to move Tor moment Conductor hnser' OF
the Newark and Ncw-York Railroad, saws that be was
stand ing platform Ne hi- tram was appf"nch
ing the Communipaw station when he saw oaii oI
nre strike one OF the steel rails and glance raPaiy
aIopp IL for some distance am then disappear mo
lightning caused some damage 10 telephone BOXES ID
Jersey City The inslruments IN iitching Cos
establishment, Old bergen Road the nited LAS I'M
,royement Compsny's works In llaliday-st. l)r
HolDrooks house IN Jersey-sve. fatrioK heriy
house. Communir aw ave and Grand-si-, and Mis,
Collrrds house No OF tl,ntohaVe, "ere "neo'ou
but the damage was not rerous.
Iaphtnins rlayed havoc with the bakery and house
OF Henry Aibei's at Garden ana Eightn SIS
OF their work when rumDling sensation was hearu u,
the chimpe,. 20 attention WAS PAID To H. however
until the chimney Tell The huge pl te glass WIN
Jows were broken. were eso many pieces OF iurni
ture. Mr. Aloeits estimates his loss at Sooo. ,s.o
AZ Dundee Lake. bergen COUNTY, an Ola Darn, Inc
property OF sniy Doremus aas saluoN sa au Straw
aud grain. The barn Is laid 10 have been ouiia up
tones the propertg OF Sir Thur-ton. was fire. By
fntnng and aeoyed os ss soo bv, The me G %ep
escaped damage John Campbell Mailman IVinss
three daughters had lively time Al the nsnas ~
the hehtrng 10" gntI snerr s'ru ,o In the house
plaster knocked from Inc waus ala piseni,e
window ami the concusson .knoek"d him through the
sash cutting him the face anu hands lie was seq.
twenty es from the so.:e yaa n' IN. same room and
all but the eldest were thrown OUT o, an a.a
chairs Mrs Campbell and one OF inc dsuknt Snn
burned on the breast by the lightning Mrs Camppen
Wa, also burned on other paris OF her body AL had 70
take 10 beds Two OF the daughters &c covered rom
the shock yesterday. bat MIRA Caupoeh anu "no "As"
ter sick IN bed
Mrs. David Pruden, Of No 20 Aroh st, Paeiso n,,
was shutting the blinds when Nash o. ' In nus i'm
hem and also burned Mrs Prudon near the right
eve Tho house Of Mr. Aivca at Wasaraw, bersen
COUNTY was onsders anS,f HaHs A. Halcdon WINS
picked up and twisted around on lts oase hu1 t
Baumann, grocer at Toiowa recently naa "a ', ne
,pres were len In plarr Last evening the lighinih
en- tered the store by way Of eese wires and IN up me
s SGS 1s was gh r. and told hs
GILLESPIE to pat our the light set the place on hrs
short distance away from the store sse ~ the
sss Of ave and East
s s m. sp n .rS% snsres and numoer
:irscs me sidewalk s.S ts ssd' deep The The
eurbins and suftsrng and tagging were thrown ABOUT
n . Asap. Policeman JACOB struck received shoeS